Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00

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In <cAGRYSALPdG2EwjQ@dlsl.demon.co.uk> Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> writes:

>What I am asserting is that the author of any given software has teh
>right to release source or not as he wishes - it is HIS work after all!

Fair enough. However, I contend that it is a reasonable demand of
society that in return for the grant of monopoly rights to distribute
such software, the author be required to also publish the source code.
He is still perfectly free to withholdt as long as he does not then
demand the right to control the distribution of the software. Ie either
keep it secret, or publish it, but not the current attempt to have it
both ways -- keeping it secret and demanding the right to control
distribution.

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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/06
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